Senior Creative Strategist

Job Title: Senior Creative Strategist

Reporting to the Brand Strategy Director you will be responsible for leading the strategy across pitches and projects of large and small scale commercial projects providing integrated solutions across digital, print, events etc. You will also be responsible for leading research projects & special internal strategic projects.

You are passionate about creating innovative content across all platforms and work strategically with varied team members to deliver inventive, disruptive and performing campaigns and content.

Duties, responsibilities & deliverables

• Partner with project management and sales lead to respond to proactive & reactive advertising sales opportunities for all [Employer hidden] platform and publications and corresponding social channels.
• Working in collaboration with strategists, senior creative across the business, particularly editorial to lead brainstorm and proposal ideation in pre-sale phase and for strategy (brand, creative, content) and creative proposals- for proposals.
• Package high quality proposals and presentations that deliver multi-platform client focused media solutions that leverage promotional and activation concepts, social, and sponsorship opportunities for clients of across fashion, lifestyle and technology.
• Work closely with the sales team to interrogate opportunities when there is not a clear or reasonable brief.
• Lead, develop and craft proposal presentations that accurately deliver program opportunities with a compelling strategic marketing approach.
• Come up with white label, social and native content story ideas that integrate client’s objectives, brand strategy and products while still servicing the audience and overall tone of voice.
• Partner with data and insights team to deliver strategy rooted and informed by proprietary data, best in class solutions and innovation led ideas (formats, content types, technology etc.)
• Partner with sales partners to co-pitch and respond to client requests for optimizations of ongoing proposals during negotiations.
• Exceptional attention to detail to create best in class work.
• Work interdepartmentally across editorial branded content, planning teams to craft business sound and strategic program packages.
• Support with management of other strategy team members.
• Act as an ambassador for Dazed Studio and brand guardian.

Desired Skills & Experience

• You have 6+ years of experience in the creative / strategy industry, working on campaigns of different scales, content creation or other creative projects.
• A keen interest for youth culture, youth audiences, innovation and experimentation leading to creative solutions for commercial projects.
• You are aware of current movements and trends, with strong curiosity for audience understanding to translate into creative solutions for commercial projects.
• A collaborative team player but also able to work independently.
• You are a clear communicator, have excellent presentation skills and the ability to verbalise ideas and concepts.
• You have the ability to work at speed, with an agile approach to regular changes without compromising on quality.
• You have a strong sense of organisation that helps you thrive in a fast paced environment.
• You are proactive and able to show initiative and bring ideas to the table.